books.google.com - Daily newspapers are closing across America. Washington bureaus are shuttering; whole areas of the federal government are now operating with no press coverage. International bureaus are going, going, gone. Journalism, the counterbalance to corporate and political power, the lifeblood of American democracy,...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Death_and_Life_of_American_Journalis.html?id=1OQNnoNgeRkC&q=professional+journalism&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Death and Life of American Journalism